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C. H. DOWNEY.

DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED DEG-23. 19H.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed December-5B8; 1914. Serial to. mam.

the production of a substantially non-breakable doll in a simple, cheap, and eficient manner.-

A further objectis the-adaptation of the features-retaining parts for rendering the structure substantially non-breakable while avoiding unwieldy weight or lack of flexibility.

With these and further objects-in view, the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts as will hereinafter be specified and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fragment of a doll body and head structure with the face portion removed.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, vertical central section therethrough, the body portion being broken away, t

Fig. 3 is a horizontal, transverse section taken on the plane indicated by line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and looking upward.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 1

indicates a body consisting of a casing filled with cotton or like flexible fibrous material,

the head portion 2 having a section at its front left flat as indicated at 3. Applied to the fiat surface 30f the head portion 2 is the face portion which consists of an artificial stone foundation 4 formed preferably of plaster of Paris and hydraulic cement, and shaipedi to conform to the contour of the human ace or that of any other animal, according to the nature of the doll. The rear or inner surface of the foundation 4 is formed substantially flat or straight across so as to conform to the flat portion 3 when. applied thereto,

the edge contour of the foundation 4 conforming substantially to the curved line of the edge ofthe fiat portion 3. Thus, the

all ordinary conditions of usage, and yet the block is sufficiently thin not to produce a heavy, non-flexible andunwieldy structure or to inany wayinterfere'with the flexibih ity of neck 7 Fitting the exposed contour of block or foundation 4 is a chamois skin sheet 5, which. covers theface portion and extends rearward about the head portion2 in the rear of the face a sufficient distance for having the edge of the sheet of chamois skin concealed when the doll is completed either by a head covering or by a wig. Ears 5 of chamois skin are secured to sheet 5 preferably by concealed stitching but may be secured by adhesive. The stitching is indicated at 5". The part of'sheet 5' which terminates about the neck may be concealed in any appropriate manner, as 'by a ribbon or otherdecorating element connected tothe head covering or applied to the neck. The edge of the sheet 5 is connected to the'head portion 2 and neck portion- 7 by stitching indicated at 6, and in addition thereto may,

adhere to the head portion. The front porto conform'closely to the exposed contour of the block or foundation 4 and to remain rigid-therewith by being caused to adhere thereto preferably by the manner ofconstructing the face portion which consists in placing a sheet of chamois skin into a face matrix, the exposed or inner surface of the sheet being covered with shellac or other appropriate adhesive or cement, and then the I mold or matrix is filled with the artificial stone producing material, which material is t packed down with suificient force to cause the leather and the stone'to assume the contour of the matrix; The outer surface of the filling is smoothed 01f substantially flat and straight across, and, when the structure is completed, such outer flat surface forms the rear surface of block 4, which rests against the flat surface 3. After the mold or matrix has been filled, the parts are allowed, to remain until the artificial stone has set and the adhesive at the same time impregnates the pores of the chamois skin 5 and the artificial stone, and the skin and stone are then removed and the outer surface of the chamois skin sheet is given a coating of pi ent, preferably of flesh color. As soon as t is has dried, the face ortion is ready to be applied to the flexib e head portion by.- having the ortions of the chamois skin which extend; eyond the block I if preferred, be glued or otherwise caused to tionof the sheet of chamois skin 5 is caused 4" stitched, as at 6, to the part 2. i The eyes,

- brows, and lips may then be retouched, if 1 desired, for

-- ;,pearance. I d t at in'the use of chamois -skin, I am able to secure the requisite porosthem the required apity for insuring permanent adhesion of the leather surface to the stone base or block'and at the :same time, the .chamois skin enables orous nature of'the e application of the flesh color pigment tothe outer surface in a manner causing the finished face to have the exact appearance of an ordinary bisque doll.

Another mode of construction sometimes emiployed by me is to first cast the block 4, an

then apply the skin 5, but this is not a preferred.

It is, of course, apparent that in constructing the face portion, when the chamois sln'n is ap lied in the matrix, the sheet of chamois skin 1s sufliciently larger than the matrix to leave an edge flap entlrely about the finished block 4 of a size adapting the edge flap to inclose parts of the head portion 2 for receiving the stitchin 6.

I am aware that it has been proposed to utilize a sheet of leather, not 0 amois, for

1 increasing the wearing capacity of a face of a doll-and to support the leather by a thin shell of artificial stone or like substance,

conforming in shape to the shape of the face, but this proposed arrangement does not prevent breaking of the doll since the shell is designed merely to holdthe leather or face loose and fall away from-the face,'losing its shape and destroying the beauty and symtempts have been made to avoid breaka by constructin the head substantially entirely of artificia stone covered by a sheet of fabric and having a small pad at the rear, but this arrangement producesrigidity of the pa'rts as well as involves excessive weight, the very presence of which tends to cause breakage when the doll is accidentally dropped. The present structure involves a face portion which is neither a shell nor an approximate head but is merely a block of a thickness which will substantially prevent breakage, and yet which will not interfere with flexibility or materially add weight,

one of the desirable features of the block residing in the fact that it is only of the thickness incident to the filling of a face matrix so that the face block is easily constructed and is, at the same time, especially eflicient in use.

What I claim is:

In the artof constructing a doll, dis 'ng in a matrix, a chamois skin covering or the face portion, an adhesive, and an artificial stone portion, placing stone forming plastic material with the adhesive positioned between the materials while the adhesive and stone forming material are plastic, and forcing the materials against the skin sufficiently for causing the skin to conform to the matrix.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnems.

. CLARK H. DOWNEY.

Witnesses:

HAMP H. GREENE, J r., P. W. FREEMAN,

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